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[terry paget]

I have owned this Omega for over 13 years, a record for me, but now it has to go, witnessed by son and grandson. Charles Trent gave me £184 for it, and the friendly driver let my grandson look into his cab.

[terry paget]

I have owned this Omega for over 13 years, a record for me, but now it has to go, witnessed by son and grandson. Charles Trent gave me £184 for it, and the friendly driver let my grandson look into his cab.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Another one bites the dust!

[dave the builder]

Sad times
13 years is a good stint , you'll of had your money's worth 

[terry paget]

Sad times
13 years is a good stint , you'll of had your money's worth 

And a much better price than I used to get from my local scrap merchant. Thanks for the tip.

[dave the builder]

I wonder if they will salvage parts or just crush it 
they do sell car parts on ebay

[terry paget]

I wonder. The market for Omega parts must be shrinking fast.

[steve6367]

They don't put them in their self service site anymore. 

Why did i have to go? Rust?

[biggriffin]

Only bits worth good money is downpipes, £100, gearbox £150, flywheel and pedal box£75, rear diff if lsd £200.  There you go Terry, Not as if you couldn't have removed those bits and stored them to sell, would have sold in about a week.

[terry paget]

They don't put them in their self service site anymore. 

Why did i have to go? Rust?

Yes, rust. Last 3 MOTs more and more rust has been found, this year it passed MOT but I found the right hand rear shock aborber turret nearly rusted through.

[polilara]

Sure, 13 years is quite long time, I bought mine in 2004 so owned it 15 years. With help of oof easy to keep it moving but as said corrosion becomes more and more the case. Perhaps if I had done some corrosion protection early enough situation could be better today. Looking now for e.g. E-series Mercedes as I am towing a caravan.

[terry paget]

I used to buy ex-police Senators at auction, and scrapped them when the clutches failed. I bought ex-police Omega OE03 at auction too, and was alarmed to read that it was on its 5th clutch at 119,000 miles. That clutch failed after 10000 more miles, but JamesV6CDX and OOF taught me how to change clutches, and the car lasted another ten years. Eventually something was bound to finish it off, and it turned out to be corrosion.

[dave the builder]

I forgot your cars have proper manual gear boxes Terry and all 3 pedals (as God intended  )
many people would have given you £184 for the transmission setup alone 

[Doctor Gollum]

I forgot your cars have proper manual gear boxes Terry and all 3 pedals (as God intended  )
many people would have given you £184 for the transmission setup alone 

No one here 

[dave the builder]

I forgot your cars have proper manual gear boxes Terry and all 3 pedals (as God intended  )
many people would have given you £184 for the transmission setup alone 

No one here 

I would if my leg was not f**ked
plenty in the Emerald Isle no doubt